Audio Interviews

Shella is talking with poet John Delaney about his writing, both in the 1970s when he was earning his MFA, and his return to poetry now that he has retired from a career curating old maps for Princeton University’s library. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with poet Gary Lilley about his new books, his start in poetry and what writing and teaching poetry means to him. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with KPTZ sound engineer Fleishman about his own writing, his work with authors and his accomplished editing for “In Conversation: Discussions on Writing and the Writing Life.” Learn more about Charlie here.Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with L.A. screenwriter Ariadne Shaffer, about her work, how she transitioned from acting to screenwriting, and the best ways for others to enter the field. Learn more about Ariadne here.Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with poet Lauren Davis about her poetry and participation in Port Townsend’s literary community. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with writer Amy Hewes about her work with New Times in San Luis Obispo. Hear her thoughts on what makes a good opinion piece and read her columns in the paper’s archives at New Times under Opinion, Rhetoric and Reason. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with Stewert Pugh about the work and connections he made in dismantling the late poet Gwen Head’s famous Dragon Gate Press in Port Townsend, WA. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with new Port Townsend resident and writer Marcia Myers, whose coffee table books include Special Delivery, an interesting, illustrated history of the US Postal service. Listen to Interview.

Sheila talks with urban fantasy romance writer Rashida Scholz (pen name Jasmine Silvera) about today’s romance genre as well as her own Grace Blood series which feature an alternate present-day Prague, where a mortal woman draws on the power of gods through dance in solving murders. Learn more at www.jasminesilvera.com. Listen to Interview

Sheila talks with Young Adult writer Constantine Singer about his first novel, Strange Days, what writing for the Y/A audience lis ike, and his path to publication. You can visit him on facebook. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with CO poet Laura Weaver about her work in Luminous: Poems and Inquiry for the Soul’s Journey. Learn more about Laura at lauraweaver.org. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with William Powers about his memoir Dispatches from the Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres, and a Community’s Quest to Reinvent the World. You can learn more about his book, his life in building sustainable communities on his website williampowersbooks.com. Listen to Interview

Sheila is talking with WA novelist Peter Donahue about his approach to historical fiction and writing about place as he authored There Sides Water: Three Short Novels, each of set in a different decade and location on the Olympic Peninsula. Listen

Sheila is talking with Port Townsend writer David Cunningham about his career from sports writing to screen writing to his present new novel (What Love Feels Like: The Dawn of Human 2.0) and spiritual writing (Travel Within: The 7 Steps to Wisdom and Inner Peace). Listen

Sheila is talking with CA poet, novelist and Emeritus Professor Mary Mackey about her writing and her career efforts to advance environmental awareness and women’s opportunities to publish their writing. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Nahid Rachlin about her new novella published online and her long career writing memoir and fiction. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Vashon Island elementary school teacher Margie Butcher about the way she facilitates her young students in writing grant proposals for environmental awareness projects in their school and community. Listen

Sheila is speaking with poet Susan Landgraf about how she came to poetry, how her career as a poet began, and how it culminated in numerous published poetry collections. Listen

Sheila is talking with Port Townsend oncology therapist Tess Taft about how counseling her clients living with cancer diagnoses led her to become a writer. Google her name and learn about her talks and books. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Marrowstone Island, WA’s new romance writer Rachel Fordham about how she started writing and publishing while mothering her own children and fostering other children. Listen

Sheila is speaking with former Seattle resident, poet and songwriter, John O’Connor about how he came to writing poems and winning a distinguished contest for publication of his first volume. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Ellen Forney, Seattle cartoonist and graphic nonfiction book writer, about her career, her teaching, and her recent work about bi-polar disorder. Listen

Sheila is speaking with author Robert Devereux McEliece about his reasons for writing a memoir about his boyhood and time in the armed forces Listen

Sheila is talking with retired Alaska Glacier National Park ranger Daniel Zobrist about the picture book he’s published to help children (and adults) understand glaciers, how they form and how they move. Listen

Sheila is talking with Jonathan Stratman about his five novels, three for middle grades and two adult mysteries, each set in the Alaska of his growing up. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Tin House editor and essayist Cheston Knapp and experimental novelist and culture critic Curtis White during their 2018 joint book tour. Listen

Cris talks with our own poet and writer Sheila Bender, host of IN CONVERSATION about her poetry, teaching and most especially her book A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in Time of Grief. Listen

Sheila is talking with Port Townsend author Barbara Sjoholm about her newest book Black Fox, the story of Danish artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant who lived with Sami families in their tents and on migrations. Listen

Sheila talks with poets Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano about their work encouraging each other’s writing as well as creating TheDaily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice. Listen

Sheila talks with Tucson and Oregon based author Beth Alvarado about her writing, her teaching and the value of writing memoir for political action. Listen

Sheila talks with poet Elizabeth Austen about her work as a poet and her tenure as WA State Poet Laureate. Listen

Sheila talks with Bainbridge Island, WA middle grade and young adult author Beth Bacon about what she’s learned about the creative process. Listen

Sheila Bender talks with Doris Baizley about her work as a playwright bringing the words of communities to the stage. Listen

Sheila is talking to University of Washington Professor Emily Menon Bender about how being raised by a poet mother impacted her academic writing. Listen

Sheila is talking with Bellingham poet James Bertolino about writing poetry, teaching others to write it, and living a life in poetry. Listen

Sheila talks with Susan Bono about her career as a writer, editor, publisher and teacher. Two conversations Listen

Sheila is speaking with counselor and educational consultant Harriet Cannon about her book on working with people in multiethnic relationships. Listen

Sheila talks with Patty Cogen, author of nonfiction for parents of internationally adopted children, as well as poet and essayist. Listen

Sheila is talking with ocean voyager and author Kaci Cronkhite about her book Finding Pax: The unexpected journey of a little wooden boat, the kind of boat she’d promised herself she would never buy and the history she found by owning her. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Seattle University Professor and Poet Sharon Cumberland about her newest book and her life in poetry. Listen

Sheila talks with Michael D’Alessandro about his poetry and his small poetry press project, bedouin books. Listen

Sheila is talking with Idaho resident and frequent Centrum Writers’ Conference attendee and instructor, Sayantani Dasgupta, about her experiences as a creative nonfiction writer and writing instructor. Listen

Sheila Bender talks with filmmaker and screenwriter Steve de Jarnatt about his turn to writing fiction. Listen

Sheila is talking with poet and longtime poetry instructor Alice Derry about the source of her poems and work with students. Listen

Sheila is talking with Port Townsend author Pam Dionne about her writing and what she’s learned from Goddard ‘s Low-residency MFA program. Listen

Sheila is talking with Ken Doctor, a Eugene, OR former newspaper publisher and now consultant to national media on going digital. Listen

Sheila is talking with Eugene OR cartoonist, Jan Eliot, about her strip Stone Soup and women in cartooning. Listen

Sheila is talking with Tucson novelist Elizabeth Evans about her newest novel and her career as a novelist and Professor of Creative Writing. Listen

Sheila Bender is talking with Olympic Peninsula author Jonathan Evison about his many novels and career as a writer. Listen

Sheila is talking with Port Townsend’s Wren Ferris about the creation of her memoir SOAK and the healing powers of water. Listen

Sheila talks with Adrienne Harun about her award winning novel, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain, and her career as a fiction writer and instructor in the Rainier Writer’s Workshop. Listen

Sheila talks with writer Jack Heffron and his work and long time position of editor at several presses. Listen

Sheila talks with poet and essayist Esther Helfgott about her writing life and work building community through writing. Listen

Sheila is talking with Bainbridge Island writer and adventurer Wendy Hinman about writing her memoir, marketing the book to a wide audience and her current project written in the voices of others. Listen

Sheila is speaking with Port Townsend resident and proprietor of The Imprint Bookstore and Writer’s Workshop Anna Quinn about writing, teaching writing and the recent acceptance of her forthcoming debut novel. Listen

Sheila is talking with award-winning poet and essayist Alison Townsend about her writing and teaching career. Listen

Sheila talks with feminist fiction writer Kathryn Trueblood and her work and the publishing world. Listen

Sheila talks with Port Townsend editor Julie Van Pelt about how editors work and her career and beliefs as an editor. Listen

Sheila is talking with Israeli-American novelist and nonfiction author Ayelet Waldman about her book, “A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life.” Listen

Sheila talks with Seattle poet and translator Michael Dylan Welch about the art of Haiku, other Asian poetry forms and longer contemporary American forms. Listen